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Removing A Defibrillator Lead Behind The Breastbone

Ohio rates for HCPCS 0573T

Taking out a defibrillator wire that runs in the space just behind the breastbone. The wire is freed from the tissue around it and withdrawn; this covers the wire only.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removing A Defibrillator Lead Behind The Breastbone cost?

$2,818

Typical negotiated rate. In Ohio, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,818 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $479 from a physician practice, and about $7,079 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$479$363 to $1,072
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7,079$3,890 to $10,233

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,079 · 10th to 90th $2,089 to $12,589Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $339 to $7,413
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $7,079professional $479

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$12,022.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$10,715.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$30,199.52
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$812.83
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$41,686.94
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$10,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$21,379.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,698.24
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21,379.62
Median
$21,379.62
Typical High
$21,379.62
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$60.26
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$75.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$707.95

Where Ohio sits

The same service costs 24.5 times more in California than in South Dakota. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Ohio· 5th of 51

$2,818

CA $8,318SD $339

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.